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Boy, 11, excluded from Scouts because he doesn’t believe in God

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Boy, 11, excluded from Scouts because he doesn’t believe in God
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RE: Boy, 11, excluded from Scouts because he doesn’t believe in God
August 20, 2014 at 4:13 pm
(August 20, 2014 at 3:50 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Huh...I admit I didn't know the UK had the Scouts. Are the affiliated at all with the Boy Scouts of America?

Erm, we invented them.
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RE: Boy, 11, excluded from Scouts because he doesn’t believe in God
August 20, 2014 at 4:20 pm
(August 20, 2014 at 4:05 pm)Diablo Wrote: The Scouts are awful, on account of the fact that I had to go camping for 2 weeks in Wales (Wales?!?) and it rained all the time.

Even I don't blame the scouts for bad weather! Tongue
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RE: Boy, 11, excluded from Scouts because he doesn’t believe in God
August 20, 2014 at 4:26 pm
(August 20, 2014 at 4:20 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote:
(August 20, 2014 at 4:05 pm)Diablo Wrote: The Scouts are awful, on account of the fact that I had to go camping for 2 weeks in Wales (Wales?!?) and it rained all the time.

Even I don't blame the scouts for bad weather! Tongue

I did: no scouts, no camping, no getting drenched! Utter, utter villains.Angry
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RE: Boy, 11, excluded from Scouts because he doesn’t believe in God
August 20, 2014 at 4:39 pm
(August 20, 2014 at 3:52 pm)ShaMan Wrote: While I disagree with exclusionary practices, I do support a private organization's right to do as they wish concerning membership allowances.

Hopefully they'll run themselves into the ground hanging on to their prejudices.
Luke: You don't believe in the Force, do you?

Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
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RE: Boy, 11, excluded from Scouts because he doesn’t believe in God
August 20, 2014 at 4:49 pm
(August 20, 2014 at 4:39 pm)StealthySkeptic Wrote:
(August 20, 2014 at 3:52 pm)ShaMan Wrote: While I disagree with exclusionary practices, I do support a private organization's right to do as they wish concerning membership allowances.
Hopefully they'll run themselves into the ground hanging on to their prejudices.
Prejudice is its own end. They've already buried themselves.
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RE: Boy, 11, excluded from Scouts because he doesn’t believe in God
August 20, 2014 at 4:53 pm
It's no different than wanting to join a church as an Atheist.
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RE: Boy, 11, excluded from Scouts because he doesn’t believe in God
August 20, 2014 at 4:57 pm
(August 20, 2014 at 4:53 pm)KUSA Wrote: It's no different than wanting to join a church as an Atheist.
A church will let an atheist join, but of course indoctrination is implicit.
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RE: Boy, 11, excluded from Scouts because he doesn’t believe in God
August 20, 2014 at 5:04 pm
(August 20, 2014 at 4:13 pm)jesus_wept Wrote:
(August 20, 2014 at 3:50 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Huh...I admit I didn't know the UK had the Scouts. Are the affiliated at all with the Boy Scouts of America?

Erm, we invented them.

You should have kept them!
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RE: Boy, 11, excluded from Scouts because he doesn’t believe in God
August 20, 2014 at 5:05 pm (This post was last modified: August 20, 2014 at 5:07 pm by pgrimes15.)
Sorry to take the wind out of anyones sails, but this has been dealt with.

https://humanism.org.uk/2013/10/07/human...religious/

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Grimesy
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Edward Gibbon

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RE: Boy, 11, excluded from Scouts because he doesn’t believe in God
August 20, 2014 at 5:27 pm
Quote:Instead of promising to ‘love God’, Beaver Scouts will have the option to promise to love ‘our world’


Beaver scouts?


Sign me up!
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